Committee approves bill letting prosecutors aggregate multiple DUIs into a felony
SB 15-43 would allow multiple DUI charges within a year to be prosecuted as a single Class C2 felony; DA’s Council witness said a C2 carries a 0–7 year range and at least 20% must be served before parole eligibility. Committee passed the bill 6-2 after extensive questioning about municipal charges and sentencing implications.
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Senator Coleman presented Senate Bill 15-43 to permit multiple DUI charges obtained within a one-year period to be aggregated into a single felony prosecution, an approach the sponsor said is needed because individual DUI adjudications can take about 51 weeks to resolve.
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